Blacks appear washed out

[Moothead2]

I'm not sure if this is in the correct sub-forum but I'd take a guess that the people who'll be able to help me will be in here.

My problem is that when I print out a label onto glossy sticky back inkjet photo paper the black parts of the label begin to look washed out and generally ruins the label in my opinion. When I first print it out though the black looks fine, it's only after a few minutes that it begins to look washed out. The photo paper was quite cheap so I'm leaning more towards that being the issue but I was wondering if it could be the printer despite looking fine when first printed.

Thanks.

 

[Ksanti]

I don't have a clue about this sort of stuff, but it sounds like the ink isn't drying onto the paper. Try smudging it after printing and if it smudges horribly then I reckon that's the case. Just a mismatch of ink and paper if that's the case, I guess.